If Tom Waits and Ella Fitzgerald had a baby, it would be Golden Afternoon.
The Huntington Beach band performed a set of unique and creative songs, as well as covers, to an intimate crowd at the Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa on Monday night.
The band...

Save the Swim Team has already accomplished a lot in its five-year career so far. It's played with bands like Big D and the Kids Table and Reel Big Fish and released a full-length CD.
And the members have done it all on their own.
The Huntington Beach...

There's a concert I'm looking forward to nearby in Laguna Beach this Saturday.
Thirty years ago, it was seemingly everywhere: the earnest, feathery voice of a soft-spoken Texas balladeer, Christopher Cross. The charts back then featured a galaxy of stars...

The Huntington Beach Art Center on Friday will open its 14th annual "Centered on the Center" exhibition.
As many as 190 artists from Orange County and other parts of Southern California, who represent an array of genres and artistic levels, will be...

Ska fans, ranging in age from young teenagers to their grandparents' generation, danced at the Observatory in Santa Ana on Saturday as Save the Swim Team performed a short set of original songs and covers.
The Huntington Beach band opened up for ska favorites the Voodoo Glow Skulls and Buck-O-Nine. Despite being the first on the bill for the evening, Save the Swim Team was not a typical opening band.
Throughout its set, Save the Swim Team inspired skank-dancing pits, and many fans in the crowd sang...

The last thing they want is to become a generic surf band after growing up in conservative Fountain Valley.
To gain some traction and grow a fan base, they decided to move a city over.
It's taken them four years to find their sound, and with the help of the easygoing vibe found in Huntington Beach, it has helped them receive a nomination from OC Music Awards.
Drummer Peter Fontes, guitarist Daniel Tello, bassist Tim Frankeny and saxophonist Michael Belk make up the Originalites, a ska, reggae and...